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Pennsylvania - March, 2016

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• FTC Puts No-Authorized-Generic Pharma Deals In Crosshairs
• Medical Alert Co. Gets Exclusion Axed From Coverage Spat
• PennEast Pipeline Schedule Update Renews Call To Block It
• Johnson Controls Snags Win In Retirees' Benefits Row
• More Reed Smith Partners Jump To McGuireWoods In Pa.
• Pa. Judge Limits Mom's Testimony In Paxil Birth Defect Trial
• UK Home Services Biz Expands US Reach In $75M Deal
• Stern & Eisenberg Wants Lawyer's Docs In Malpractice Suit
• You Are Going To Face A Retaliation Claim — Deal With It
• FTC Sues Endo, Generics For Pay-For-Delay Agreements
• Pa. Justices Take Up Fiduciary-Duty Suit Against Ameriprise
• Pa. Justices Won't Revive $3.3M Malpractice Verdict
• Harrah's Slams 'Eleventh-Hour' Bid In MMA Antitrust Fight
• Travelers Unit Gets Asbestos Insurance Row Sent To Pa.
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Revamped Pa. High Court Stays The Course In Gas Lease Case
• FTC, Pa. Ordered To Unveil Whole Hospital Merger Complaint
• Taiwan Co.'s Expert Reined In Before Trial In Contract Suit
• Atty Accused Of Bilking Homeowners On Foreclosure Services
• Judge In Philly Ticket-Fixing Scandal Can't Reclaim Pension
• Pa. Justice Urges Probe Of Judges, Attys In Porn Scandal
• Pa. High Court Delays $450M Philly Casino Plan
• Nonprofit Says Travelers Wrong On Asbestos Exclusion
• Rep. Fattah Co-Defendant Ducks Money Laundering Charge
• Aide To Ex-Pa. Speaker Disbarred For $10M Campaign Scandal
• Vanguard's Ex-Atty Has Whistleblower Protections, SEC Says
• Highmark, Ex-CEO Settle $32M Firing Suit
• Lessons In Defending Groundwater Contamination Cases
• Pa. Sens. Can't Join Suits Over Gov.'s Home-Care Worker Plan
• Questions On NFL's CTE Stance Unlikely To Upend Settlement
• No New Trial For Fox Anchor Who Said N-Word, Judge Rules
• Ratner & Prestia Sues German IP Firm Over Soured Merger
• Ethics Board Rebukes Philly Judge For Case-Fixing Help
• Seneca Escapes Dismissal Bid In Waste Well Disposal Suit
• Pa. AG Kane Installs Ex-DA Tied To Cosby Probe As Top Staffer
• Eakin Email Sanction Obscures Limits Of Judges' Privacy
• Ex-FBI Director Freeh Strikes Back At Spanier Libel Suit
• Warner Says Mylan Misstatements Key To Doryx Antitrust Row
• Indivior Keeps Fighting For Resale Docs In Antitrust Case
• Jury Hears NOVA Bank Leaders Aimed To Dupe Fed Regulators
• Midsize Pa. Firms In Growth Mode As Top Shops Contract
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 20/20 MDL Vision
• Pa. AG Kane Loses Bid To Recuse Bench In Perjury Case
• Pharma Groups Back Pfizer In 3rd Circ. Pay-For-Delay Case
• 6 Magic Words Are All You Need To Terminate An Employee
• Gov. Wolf Vetoes Pa. Fiscal Code Bill Included In Budget
• NLRB Regional Director In Philly Suspended For 30 Days
• Pediatric Cardiologist Testifies To Paxil-Heart Defect Link
• Rep. Fattah, Others Lose Bid To Toss Wire Fraud Charge
• Generic Reglan Users Agree To Drop Amneal Claims In Philly
• US Steel Agrees To Pollution Reduction Steps At Pa. Plant
• Papers Want Pa. AG's Vindictive Prosecution Args Kept Public
• Usher Asks 3rd Circ. To Back 'Bad Girl' Copyright Suit Win
• Mindless Lawyering: Is Doc Review 'The Practice Of Law'?
• Justices Asked To Weigh Special Master Fees In FDCPA Suit
• Former Partner Who Faked Legal Cred Convicted Of Forgery
• Feds Say Guilty Verdict In $14M Medicare Fraud Proper
• NFL Tells 3rd Circ. Exec's CTE Statements Aren't Relevant
• Offit Kurman Nabs Health Care-Focused Kelley Partners In Pa.
• Generic Cos. Face Another Antitrust Suit Over Drug Prices
• Convicted Philly Court Official Sues To Reclaim Pension
• Oil, Gas Group Sues To Block Pa. Drilling Site Rules
• Debating Federal And State Electricity Market Jurisdiction
• 3 Charged In $1.2M Corporate Embezzlement Scheme
• A Problematic Ruling On Photographing Police In Public
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Rethink Letting Insurer Out Of IP Battle
• Class Certified In $5.9M Suit Over BofA MDL Fund Theft
• Pa. Senator Slams Measure To Up Judicial Retirement Age
• Refiner Hits Auto Salvage Co. With Fraud Suit Over Award
• Paxil Linked To Heart Defects In Babies, Philly Jury Told
• Judge Nixes Bids To Trim Evidence In Computer Contract Spat
• Migrant Workers Slam DOL, Employer Over Prevailing Wages
• Ex-Pa. Justice Slapped With Fine In Email Ethics Case
• Indivior Says FDA Petition Didn't Delay Generic Suboxone
• The Future Keeps Happening To Legal Services
• Nuke Site Neighbors Urge 3rd Circ. To Revive Cancer Suits
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Calif. Oral Arguments — Coming Soon To A Screen Near You
• Pa. Judge Reduces Claims In Essure Injury Suit
• Pa. Justices Deny Bid To Reword Judge Retirement Measure
• Morgan Lewis Sheds Over 100 Attorneys After Bingham Deal
• 5 Firms On The Rise In 2016
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground This Year
• Greenberg Traurig On Track To Become Biggest US Firm
• Pfizer Says Zoloft Defect Claims Still Suffer Lack Of Science
• NLRB Slams Demand For Board Member Recusal At 3rd Circ.
• GOP Sen. Toomey Will Meet With Supreme Court Nominee
• 5 Projects Reshaping The P3 Landscape
• Transfer Of Pelvic Mesh MDL Cases Is Premature, Judge Says
• Philly Judge Won't Consolidate Testosterone Cases
• Pa. Accounting Firm Blocking Deal With PwC, Insurer Says
• Demystifying The Attorney-Client Privilege
• McGuireWoods Opens In SF, Grows In Pa. With Litigation Pros
• Real Estate Rumors: Chicago Tower, Aramark, PostWorks
• Ex-Pa. Justice's Ethics Case Temporarily Halted
• Why Other States Should Consider Maine's Net Metering Plan
• Jury Trial Waivers: A Better Alternative Than Arbitration?
• CBRE Hit With Nat'l Origin Bias Suit Over Engineer's Firing
• Travelers' Asbestos Exclusion Is Unenforceable, 3rd Circ. Told
• Gas Lease Not Severed By Splitting Rights, Pa. Court Says
• Detecting Marijuana-Impaired Drivers: A Lesson In History
• Pa. House OKs Union Contract Analysis Bill
• Pa. AG Wants Federal Wiretap Leaks Investigated
• Pfizer Urges 3rd Circ. Not To Revive Lipitor Antitrust Row
• Pa. AG Asserts Immunity In Ex-Agent's Name-Clearing Bid
• What Your Workplace Violence Assessment May Be Missing
• Reed Smith Can't Have Info In Fire Fight, Ex-Client Argues
• Ex-PNC Asset Managers Say Worker Contract Is Unenforceable
• 3rd Circ. Affirms J&J Win In Ex-Worker's Severance Suit
• 3rd Circ. Rejects UPMC's E-Discovery Costs In FLSA Row
• Ambit Energy Unit Beats Utilities Rate-Hike Suit
• Cabot Not Liable For Injury At Pa. Gas Site, Judge Rules
• Philly Gas Liens Violate Due Process Rights, Court Rules
• Rep. Fattah Co-Defendants Can't Ax RICO Conspiracy Charge
• Justices Won't Hear Challenge To Tribune Media Plan
• Is Student Loan Stress The New Norm For Law School?
• High Court Won't Hear H-1B Worker's Suit Against Law Firm
• Riverhounds Center Trustee Tracks $4M In 'Fraud' Transfers
• 7 Best Practices For Managing An Associate's Personal Crisis
• Highmark Calls Rate Info Requests A Burden In Antitrust Fight
• NJ ShopRite Monopoly Dispute Rolls Into Supreme Court
• Globus Dodges Subpoena In Doc's Patent Row With Medtronic
• Google Tracking Decision Endangers Privacy, High Court Told
• Pa. Atty Suspended For Year After Shoplifting At Wal-Mart
• Pa. High Court Axes Disbarred Atty's Reinstatement Bid
• Effexor Settlement No Shield For Antitrust Suit, FTC Says
• Public Worker Info Not Subject To Pa. Records Law Limits
• Let Jury Mull Risk Of No Asbestos Warning, Pa. Justices Told
• Stradley Ronon Lands Former Pa. Insurance Dept. Official
• 2 Same-Sex Harassment Decisions, 1 Important Lesson
• Pa. Board Looks To Drop Ethics Charge Against Ex-Justice
• Pa. Law Firm Sued For Not Sharing Injury Awards
• Pa. Justices Snub Multistate Tobacco Arbitration Appeal
• Pa. Supreme Court Asserts Power Over Senior Judgeships
• Deals Rumor Mill: Bouygues, Evonik, Boston Dynamics
• FERC Says $156M Pa. Gas Pipeline Not Environmental Threat
• Endo, AbbVie Back Philly Testosterone Case Consolidation
• NJ Landfill Neighbors Blast Emission Deal Worries
• Pa. Judge Won't Undo 4th Philly Risperdal Verdict
• Ex-NCAA Athletes Tell 7th Circ. FLSA Suit Wrongly Tossed
• Insurer Dodges Bad Faith Claims In Sandusky Coverage Row
• Law Firm Loses Bid To Ax Malpractice Claim Over IP Deals
• How California Streamlined Costly, Time-Consuming Litigation
• Mylan Slams Warner's 'Overheated Rhetoric' In Doryx Row
• Beware The Gov't Squeeze On Lead Generation Marketing
• Surprise! 'Soft' Insurance Fraud Is Punishable By Prison
• Wealth Management For Senior Partners
• OPINION: Missed Opportunity In Supreme Court Nomination
• In His Own Words: 4 Key Garland Opinions
• Garland's High Court Nomination Battle Likely To Drag On
• Pa. Salvage Co. Owes $200M In Converter Contract: Metal Co.
• Judge Garland Could Bring New Consensus To High Court
• Attorneys Weigh In On Obama's Supreme Court Pick
• Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Pa. House
• Babcock Units Escape 2 Pa. Nuclear Pollution Suits
• BofA Hit With Class Action Over Credit Card Debt Collection
• Pa. Justices To Mull Philly Anti-Discrimination Law's Reach
• Pa. Court Axes 2nd Bid To Release AG's Porn Email Stash
• Fattah Not Immune From Bribery Charges, Pa. Judge Says
• Schnader Harrison Brings Back Labor And Employment Pro
• Lawsuits May Follow Pa. Gas Royalty Bill, Legislators Warned
• AG Wrongdoing Investigator Bill Advances In Pa.
• Obama Picks Garland To Fill High Court Seat
• Magistrate, Lobbyist Named To Pa. Judicial Conduct Board
• Insurer Wants 3rd Circ. To End Pa. Mansion Fire Suit
• Obama Nominates Ex-Jones Day Atty For 3rd Circ.
• Court Nominee, Guns, And Constitutional Illiteracy
• NFL Says Full Quote Shows Exec Didn't Admit CTE Link
• Feds Indict 14 In Chinatown Bus Fraud Scheme
• Eakin Resignation May Help Pa. High Court's Battered Image
• Companies Deny Responsibility For Philly Atty's Prosecution
• Pa. Court Says DA's Records Don't Qualify As 'Judicial'
• Blank Rome Wants To Send Ex-Atty Suit To Arbitration
• Plane Crash Tort Dismissal Unconstitutional, Justices Hear
• Embattled Pa. Justice Steps Down Amid Email Ethics Row
• In Pa., Is Payne A Pain Or Still The Law Of The Land?
• Deficient Notice Won't Stop Residency Clock, 3rd Circ. Says
• Computer Co. Can Try To Pierce Veil In Payment Dispute
• Fattah's 'Unpaid' Attys Bow Out As Schnader Steps In
• FTC Tells 3rd Circ. Wellbutrin Dismissal Misreads Actavis
• The 8 Firms GCs Can't Stop Talking About
• GCs Say These Firms Are Worth Paying Top Dollar For
• Pa. Unclaimed Property Suit Could Spur Delaware Pile-On
• Riddell Wants District Court Pause In NFL Concussion MDL
• Urban Outfitters Can't Back Up Coverage Claim, Insurer Says
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Kane Will Get Fair Trial From County Judge, DA Says
• Ex-Cushman & Wakefield Client Can't Nix Philly Project Suit
• 5 Tips For Litigating Your Case In Philadelphia County
• Ballard Spahr Nabs Post & Schell White Collar Whiz In Philly
• Pfizer Fights Zoloft MDL Plaintiffs' New Expert Reports
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Case Accusing Hangley Of Repping Fake Co.
• Pa. Justice Says Received Emails Inadmissible In Ethics Row
• Judge Asks If Rep.'s Motion To Dismiss Is Just Bid To Delay
• PennEast's $1B Pipeline Will Up Consumer Costs, Study Says
• Tiversa Wants Out Of State, Federal LabMD Data Lawsuits
• $4M Fracking Verdict Unlikely To Spawn Many Copycat Cases
• Examining The EEOC's Broad Interpretation Of Title VII
• Insurer Off Hook In Hazmat Software IP Battle, 3rd Circ. Says
• Philly Cab Cos. Lose Bid For Uber Injunction At 3rd Circ.
• Pa. PUC's Administration Of Gas Impact Fees Being Audited
• NY Sens. Tell FERC To Kill Kinder Morgan's $5B Gas Pipeline
• Pa. Families Win $4.24M Verdict In Cabot Fracking Trial
• Full Pa. Ethics Court Won't Hear Eakin's Email Settlement
• Pa.'s New Emission Limits Verging On Reality
• When A Parking Lot Stops Being A 'Parking Lot'
• Protecting Environmental Consultant Work: A Cautionary Tale
• Employer Conundrum: Disclose Workplace Violence?
• Judge Says Appeal Not Appropriate In Pa. Partnership Tiff
• Pa. Justices Urged To Ax PUC's Drilling Rule Review Role
• Salvation Army Dinged Over Absent Building Collapse Witness
• Pa. Co. Wants $200M Award In Auto Salvage Loan Suit Vacated
• Excess Insurer Owes Half Of $4M Defect Deal, Liberty Says
• Constitution Limits State Gas Leases, Pa. Justices Told
• An Answer To The Insurer Defense Cost Recoupment Question
• Former Top Exec Says Binswanger Withheld $1M In Pay
• Challenging State Pipeline Restrictions With Federal Law
• Wealth Management For Mid-Level Partners
• 3rd Circ. Backs SEPTA In Railroad Job Sex-Bias Suit
• Eakin Urges Ethics Court To Hear Proposed Email Settlement
• Judicial Retirement Age Measure Confusing, Pa. Justices Told
• J&J Unit Slams Diabetes Drug Blood Disorder Claims
• Pa. Casino Sues For Punitive Coverage In $5.5M Injury Award
• Rex Medical Faces Philly Suit Over Vein Filter Injury
• Mylan, Ranbaxy Tell 3rd Circ. To Decertify Provigil Class
• Promotions Bring End To Firefighters' Discrimination Suit
• Checkpoint, CCL Face Stockholder Suit Over $443M Merger
• Uber, Google Cleared Of Cabbies' Anti-Competition Claims
• Real Estate Rumors: CIM Group, AEW Capital, MCB
• Is There A Rise In Class Actions For Construction Products?
• The Regulatory Impact Of President Obama's Final Year
• Eakin Trial Should Move Venue, Judicial Conduct Board Says
• High Court's Pass On Chesapeake Plan May Embolden EPA
• Pa. Justices To Revisit Act 13 Ruling In Philly Energy Cases
• Ex-Pa. Judge Has Law License Reactivated
• Pa. Energy Trader Blasts FERC Manipulation Charges
• Pa. Gov. Raises Minimum Wage For State Workers, Contractors
• 3rd Circ. Says Insurers Can't Evade Defense Obligations
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 2
• Montgomery McCracken Vice Chair Elevated To Top Role
• Pa. AG Kane Seeks To Nix Charges, Block Judges From Case
• Zoloft MDL Plaintiffs Fight To Keep Expert Reports
• Higher Property Taxes Could Be Good For Business In Philly
• Fattah Denied Bid To Have FBI Agent Held In Contempt
• FERC Won't Reconsider Pa. Pipeline Project Approval
• Taxation With Representation: Davies, King & Spalding, K&L
• High Court Seeks Lamictal Buyers' Views On Antitrust Appeal
• The Roots Say Ex-Bassist Took Too Long To Sue
• Pa. Rep. Wants To Increase Transparency Of Judicial Records
• Best Practices For Motions Brief Writing: Part 1
• Enforcement Of Liability Waivers Strengthened In Pa.
• Rep. Says FCC's 'Good Faith' Talks Rule Could Be Better
• Family Beef Over Philly Sandwich Franchise Spills Into Courts
• Blind Shoppers Say They Can't Use Genesco's Websites
• Highmark Ordered to Turn Over Pricing Info In Antitrust Row
• Kane Legacy To Shape Issues In Race For Pa. AG
• Philly Mayor Wants Soda Tax To Help Cut Business Levies
• Pa. AG Wins Stay In Ex-Deputy's Wrongful Termination Case
• Generic Drug Cos. Face Union Action On Price-Fixing Claims
• Most Of Consumer's Expert's Testimony OK'd In J&J Trial
• Fattah Associates Lose Fight To Dismiss Indictments
• Pa. Ethics Court Won't Rethink Philly Judge's Suspension
• Trial Pros: Fox Rothschild's Stephanie Resnick
• EEOC's Landmark LGBT Suits Turn Up Heat On Employers
• Pa. Rep. Pleads Not Guilty In Illegal Gambling Ring Case
• GSK Asks High Court To Nix Avandia RICO Class Suit
• FTC Scores Patent-Related Docs In AndroGel Row
• Mylan Accused Of 'Whopping Misstatements' In Doryx Row
• Capital One, Kohl's Rip Suit Over Credit Card Sign-Up Plans
• Pa. Transit Agency Blasts Town For Imposing Project Fees
• Pfizer Can't Escape Narrowed Off-Label Marketing FCA Suit
• Wealth Management For New Law Firm Partners
• Pa. Climate Bill Would Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• 2nd Philly Judge Charged By Feds In Corruption Probe
• Pa. Justices Snub Blue Cross Bid To Hide Surgery Records
• Heinz Takes Fight Over Voided $25M Policy To 3rd Circ.
• Gordon & Rees Nabs Insurance Partner From Wilson Elser
• Pa. AG Hopefuls Spar Over Experience
• Ex-Chartwell Atty Says He Was Shortchanged Then Forced Out
• Pfizer Tells Zoloft MDL Judge Case Fails Without Experts
• Stevens & Lee Lied To Secure Malpractice Policy, Suit Says
• Trucking Co. Tells 3rd Circ. To Greenlight Antitrust Suit
• Prison Term Cut For Contractor In $136M DOT Scheme
• Pa. Rep. Charged With Aiding Illegal Gambling Ring
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Cooper-Apollo Merger Class Action
• Historic EEOC Suits Apply Gender Bias To Sexual Orientation
• High Court Again Turns Down Ex-Law Firm Clerk's Bias Appeal
• Olympus To Pay $646M To Settle Kickback, FCPA Probes
• Trial Pros: Richards Kibbe's Steven Paradise